Jan 21 2005

A Celebration of Language

Published by at January 21, 2005 8:30 pm under Foreign Language Instruction

Bonne Année! Chestita Nova Godina! Glückwunsch zum NeuJahr! Are we confused yet? Are we suffering from paralytic monolingualism?

If so, take heart. You’re not the only one. Those of us past the age of 25 really struggle with any language other than English.

The younger generation — high schoolers and younger — are enjoying more world language classes than ever.

They are studying Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian, Korean, Japanese in addition to the standard Spanish, French and German that we older folks had access to during our teens.

To celebrate this important change, thanks to an initiative sponsored by Sens. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Thad Cochran of Mississippi, language education programs throughout our country are celebrating 2005 as the Year of Languages (YOL)

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